Assessing the Relationship Between Cervical Ectopy and HIV Susceptibility: Implications for HIV Prevention in Women

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 68-73

  Venkatesh, Kartik K ^a   Cu Uvin, Susan ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; AIDS; Cervical ectopy; Cervix; HIV

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MICROBICIDE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CERVICAL ECTOPY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SYPHILIS; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX MUCOSA; VAGINA MUCOSA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CERVIX UTERI; CHORISTOMA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84873469935     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12029     Document Type: Review

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